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@hadon@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

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A new detention of a scientist. This time a woman who worked for Harvard Medical School. She was detained in Louisiana and may be deported to Russia, where her life may be in danger for having opposed war.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/harvard-scientist-russia-deportation-antiwar-b2723063.html

The Independent

Harvard scientist who ‘fled Russia’ after opposing Ukraine war has US visa revoked

Officials said Kseniia Petrova had ‘deliberately’ tried to ‘smuggle’ biological samples through customs, but her lawyer claims she should only have received a $500 fine
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@hadon@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

She opted to return to France, but when she told a CBP officer who questioned her that she feared political persecution if she returned to Russia, the agency decided to detain her instead, according to one of the petitions filed by her lawyer, Gregory Romanovs
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/28/hms-researcher-detained/

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/28/hms-researcher-detained/
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@hadon@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 7 months ago

Petrova — a Russian citizen who was arrested in Russia in 2022 for protesting President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine — was initially given a choice after being stopped by CBP: return to France and reapply for a visa, or be deported and barred from entering the U.S. for five years.

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